Just hold on Kweenofkings, I posted a somewhat long msg on either this forum or the Tole Painting forum about making a stencil out of adhesive stencil blanks but I just can't find it. It'd be easier if I can find it and copy it into this post of yours. I posted it for a gal who wanted to stencil on flower pots. I am going to post a separate msg to Luvs if she remembers where it was because she commented on the instructions I wrote. I'll get back to you sometime later today if I can't find it and repost it - I'll retype it.

Kweenofkings, Here is what I posted for a gal that wanted to do word stencils on flower pots. You can use the same principles in making your glass etchings. I will add that you can reuse the adhesive stencil, just wash it off and lay it back done on the clear plastic you cut it out of -- Sal

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At Michael's Craft Store, Joann's or even Walmart & Target you will find "Plaid Brand" Adhesive Stencil Blanks. Print out your word, I would suggest that you make your stencil letters a little thicker in font size (try just using "Bold font") so you will be able to have something to cut - not just like cursive writing. Here is a pic of a small wooden sign I made using the Plaid Adhesive Stencils and just printing the words onto a plain piece of paper. I made the letters big enough and thick enough so I could cut them out of the paper using an Exacto knife. Go slow when cutting with the Exacto knife, you won't cut what you don't want to be cut. On the corners of the letters, again, just go slow in cutting. I then laid the cut out words onto the stencil, taped it down and then traced the letters onto the stencil with a pen. Then I cut out the letters using an Exacto knife. I placed the adhevise stencil onto the wood and using a stencil brush, painted several coats of the gold paint, letting it dry a bit in between coats. For the letter "e" in Merry, all I did was cut out a piece of the adhesive stencil on the corner of it in the shape of an "O" and stuck it in the whole cut out top of the "e." Same with the "a" in Christmas. Be careful when stenciling with paint. You dab the stencil brush into the paint, you don't want to soak it with paint, just the flat end bristles. Then lightly swirl the flat end bristles onto a paper towel, removing some of the paint. The reason for this step is if you have way too much paint on the stencil brush, it is going to seep under the stencil and you are going to have a mess. Next pounce the stencil brush up and down over the cut out words. Don't pounce hard, just enough pressure to put the paint onto the pot. Let it dry slightly and repeat the steps, paint on brush, pounce onto paper towel, pounce onto pot until you have built up the paint onto your pot to what you want it to look like. Let it dry. Be very careful when removing the stencil from the pot. Don't lift a corner up and rip it off fast like a bandaid (LOL), lift up the two end corners on one end and slowly peel it off the pot - because if you go too fast you're going to "rip" the paint off the pot. Practice on something first - even paper. Since the stencil is adhesive, you can even try doing one letter first, on the first round of paint onto the stencil - easily lift up the corners of one end and peel it back slightly so you can see how you're doing. Then, without pulling on the stencil, lay it back down onto your practice paper or pot.

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Thank you!!!